msalvetti wrote:
Well, I'm OSHA 10 hr and 40 hr certified. He's right about the N95 masks with vents, they do let you exhale. But I know from wearing them that not all your breath goes out the vent. Some does hit the inside of the mask, so as far as spewing droplets of potential virus, not awesome but better than nothing. And not all N95 masks have vents.
I think there is a bit of truth in some of his other points, but I definitely don't buy that it is safer without one. And don't forget, they are mostly to protect other people by catching your breath, they are not intended to filter out virus in the air you are breathing. The N95 do that, and that's why they should be saved for first responders and hospital workers that are elbows deep in the virus.
The bit about the cloth mask catching carbon dioxide? Sorry, that's total BS.
Mask wearing is NOT nonsense. Definitely wash your cloth masks often, but please keep wearing your masks in crowded stores and when near others.
One thing that he didn't mention is that the masks do make it slightly harder to breathe. So not everyone may have the lung capacity to wear them. And if you are wearing them in the heat, they do increase the risk of heat stress - take more breaks if you are exerting yourself in a mask.
Edit: Dang, TOPP. OK, here is a backyard cardinal.
Mark
Spot on, Mark...
A saying in our region: "injecting poison in honey" is what we are having all the time, specially with COVID, when you put a small fact like "red's RGB is FF0000" then start injecting whatever BS to make people believe something nasty!
Another saying: "Ignorance is human's first enemy" any human tends to believe anything, specially if well formatted "psychologically", and by modern means (social networks), they spread it like wildfire. My definition to that is "stupidity". Last March, my cousin broadcasted a message on Whatsapp which says: "Dr. I do not know who from far far away land" said (the use hair dryer in your nose for 2 minutes WILL kill the virus instantly because it will do bla bla bla. I called her, the first word was "hey idiot!"
msalvetti wrote:
Well, I'm OSHA 10 hr and 40 hr certified. He's right about the N95 masks with vents, they do let you exhale. But I know from wearing them that not all your breath goes out the vent. Some does hit the inside of the mask, so as far as spewing droplets of potential virus, not awesome but better than nothing. And not all N95 masks have vents.
I think there is a bit of truth in some of his other points, but I definitely don't buy that it is safer without one. And don't forget, they are mostly to protect other people by catching your breath, they are not intended to filter out virus in the air you are breathing. The N95 do that, and that's why they should be saved for first responders and hospital workers that are elbows deep in the virus.
The bit about the cloth mask catching carbon dioxide? Sorry, that's total BS.
Mask wearing is NOT nonsense. Definitely wash your cloth masks often, but please keep wearing your masks in crowded stores and when near others.
One thing that he didn't mention is that the masks do make it slightly harder to breathe. So not everyone may have the lung capacity to wear them. And if you are wearing them in the heat, they do increase the risk of heat stress - take more breaks if you are exerting yourself in a mask.
Edit: Dang, TOPP. OK, here is a backyard cardinal.
Mark
Spot on, Mark...
A saying in our region: "injecting poison in honey[/]" is what we are having all the time, specially with COVID, when you put a small fact like "red's RGB is FF0000" then start injecting whatever BS to make people believe something nasty!
Another saying: "Ignorance is human's first enemy" any human tends to believe anything, specially if well formatted "psychologically", and by modern means (social networks), they spread it like wildfire. My definition to that is "stupidity". Last March, my cousin broadcasted a message on Whatsapp which says: "Dr. I do not know who from far far away land" said (the use hair dryer in your nose for 2 minutes WILL kill the virus instantly because it will do bla bla bla. I called her, the first word was "hey idiot!"
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